This blog is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

I hope that a manufacturer will make from this painting of a clock in a Star of David frame - a real product that will show Jews all over the world the Israel time...Art reviewer Dr. Dalia Hakker-Orion wrote about Dick Ben Dor’s work:

Dick Ben Dor is an artist born in Holland whose early years were spent on a Dutch farm hiding from the Nazis. His works do not carry even the slightest trace of this traumatic past. His uncle, the artist Niko Broekman, has been a cardinal influence on his joyous colors and bubbling humour. There have been two other major influences on his artistic development, Mmoti Mizrachi and Professor John Byle. the forms remind one of cave paintings and ancient drawings on walls, or sometimes the work of primitive tribal artists. Dick Ben Dor is a founder member of “The Israel Miniature Art Society” and is one of their principal activists, as well an active member of the Painter’s & Sculptors Association of Israel.

Dr. Stephen Feinstein sent me a link to Fritz Hirschberger’s (b. 1912 in Dresden) stunning painting titled THE CONCORDAT (the name of the 1933 agreement signed between the Vatican and Hitler) on the web site of The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

The painting shows a Nazi soldier standing with a faceless Catholic priest on a Jew with a Yellow Badge.

About Me

I Published 4 books: Star of David Album [English]; Star of David Black and White [Hebrew]; Yellow Badge Album [Hebrew] Thing's Name [Hebrew]. I work a full time job as a blogger. I Initiated several art shows about the Star of David, about the yellow star and about the Old Testament